Download or read book Defense Exports written by Anne-Marie Lasowski and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In FY 2008, the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program sold over $36 billion dollars in defense articles and services to foreign governments. The Depts. of State, DoD, and Homeland Security (DHS) all have a role in the FMS program. In 2003, significant weaknesses were identified in FMS control mechanisms for safeguarding defense articles transferred to foreign governments. The protection of technologies critical to U.S. national security is a high-risk area. This report: (1) evaluates program changes made since 2003 to ensure that unclassified defense articles transferred to foreign governments are authorized for shipment and monitored; and (2) determine what info. DoD has to administer and oversee the FMS program. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Defense Exports written by Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defense exports : Foreign Military Sales program needs better controls for exported items and information for oversight : report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives.
Download or read book Defense Exports Foreign Military Sales Program Needs Better Controls for Exported Items and Information for Oversight written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State, DOD, and DHS have made some changes in the program but have not corrected weaknesses we previously identified in the FMS program?s shipment verification process, and DOD's expanded monitoring lacks written guidance for selecting countries for compliance visits. First, State has not finalized its regulations to establish DOD's role in the FMS shipment verification process, and CBP port officials lack information needed to verify that FMS shipments are properly authorized. As a result, of the port data we reviewed, we found six FMS sales agreements where CBP permitted shipments of defense articles to the foreign country even though DOD records showed that shipments were no longer authorized under the agreements. CBP officials stated that a planned centralized data system could provide the needed information to port officials so they can verify FMS shipments, but the planned system does not currently have funding to include such export information. Second, DOD lacks mechanisms to fully ensure the correct FMS shipments reach the right foreign customers-in part because DOD does not track most FMS shipments once they leave DOD supply centers and continues to rely on the foreign governments to notify the department when a shipment has not been received. Finally, since 2003, DSCA personnel have led teams to visit 19 out of 76 countries that have purchased sensitive defense articles, such as Stinger missiles, under the FMS program. However, DOD does not have written guidance to prioritize compliance monitoring visits using a risk management approach, and DSCA has not yet conducted such visits in countries with a high number of uninventoried defense articles.
Download or read book Defense Exports written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In fiscal year 2008, the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program sold over $36 billion dollars in defense articles and services to foreign governments. The Departments of State, Defense (DOD), and Homeland Security (DHS) all have a role in the FMS program. In 2003, GAO identified significant weaknesses in FMS control mechanisms for safeguarding defense articles transferred to foreign governments. In 2007, GAO designated the protection of technologies critical to U.S. national security a high-risk area. GAO was asked to (1) evaluate program changes State, DOD, and DHS have made since 2003 to ensure that unclassified defense articles transferred to foreign governments are authorized for shipment and monitored as required, and (2) determine what information DOD has to administer and oversee the FMS program. GAO conducted 16 case studies; analyzed U.S. port data and FMS agreements; reviewed program performance metrics; and interviewed cognizant officials. GAO is making recommendations to State, DOD, and DHS to improve the procedures, processes and information critical for shipment verification, monitoring, and administering the FMS program. State and DHS concurred; DOD concurred with two recommendations and partially concurred with three. GAO believes all recommendations remain valid.
Download or read book Defense Exports written by Belva M. Martin and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. government exports billions of dollars of defense articles and services annually to foreign entities, generally through direct commercial sales (DCS) from U.S. companies under licenses issued by the State Dept. or through the DoD Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. This report: (1) identified the magnitude and nature of defense articles and services exported; and (2) assessed information currently reported on defense exports and any gaps and limitations in defense export data. To conduct this work, the report analyzed export data from DoD for FMS and the Dept. of Commerce's U.S. Census Bureau for DCS for 2005 through 2009. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find report.
Download or read book Foreign military sales review process for controlled missile technology needs improvement report to the chairman Committee on International Relations House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cost Waivers Under the Foreign Military Sales Program written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreign military sales changes needed to correct weaknesses in enduse monitoring program report to the Chairman Committee on International Relations House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales Air Force Controls Over the FMS Program Need Improvement written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arms Export Control Act gives the President authority to sell defense articles and services to eligible foreign countries, generally at no cost to the U.S. government. While the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has overall responsibility for administering the FMS program, the Army, Navy, and Air Force generally execute the sales agreements-commonly referred to as sales cases. Foreign military sales are made on an individual case basis. A foreign country representative initiates a case by sending a letter of request to DOD asking for information, such as the price and availability of goods, training, technical assistance, follow-on support, or other services. Once the customer decides to proceed with the purchase, DOD prepares a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) stating the terms of the sale for the items and services being provided. After the LOA is accepted, the FMS customer is generally required to pay, in advance, amounts necessary to cover costs associated with the services or items purchased from DOD. The Department of the Treasury holds these advance payments in an FMS trust fund.
Download or read book Efforts to Charge for Using Government owned Assets for Foreign Military Sales written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreign military sales efforts to improve administration hampered by insufficient information report to the Chairman Committee on International Relations House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Opportunities to Improve Decisionmaking and Oversight of Arms Sales written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Exports written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. government exports billions of dollars of defense articles and services annually to foreign entities, generally through direct commercial sales (DCS) from U.S. companies under licenses issued by the State Department (State) or through the Department of Defense (DOD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. GAO has previously reported on weaknesses in the export control system. As requested, GAO (1) identified the magnitude and nature of defense articles and services exported and (2) assessed information currently reported on defense exports and any gaps and limitations in defense export data. To conduct this work, GAO analyzed export data from DOD for FMS and the Department of Commerce's U.S. Census Bureau (Census) for DCS for 2005 through 2009; reviewed relevant laws and regulations; assessed State and DOD reports on defense exports; reviewed agency data systems documentation; and interviewed officials from State, DOD, Homeland Security, and Census. GAO suggests that Congress consider whether it needs specific data on exported defense services and is recommending that State publicly report consolidated defense export data on DCS and FMS in a consistent manner. In the absence of additional direction and resources from Congress, State did not agree. GAO believes the recommendation remains valid.
Download or read book Military Sales to Israel and Egypt written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Trade written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technology and Security in the Twenty first Century written by CSIS Military Export Control Project and published by CSIS. This book was released on 2001 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential features of the recommendations are to (1) replace licensing of low-risk individual transactions with programmatic approvals; (2) establish timelines for decisions on those items that still require licenses; (3) streamline the munitions list through annual reviews; and (4) harmonize national and multilateral lists to eliminate jurisdictional disputes.
